Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: Patron of Mercy

SERIES: Lords of the Underworld #3

AUTHOR: Sam Burns & W.M. Fawkes

PUBLISHER: self published

LENGTH: 272 pages

RELEASE DATE: July 18, 2019

BLURB:

Lach has spent the last few thousand years counting only on himself. What he needed, he took. What he wanted, he won with charm. All except a god he turned his back on an age ago, when he had a different name and didn’t know what he was giving up. 

Thanatos, god of merciful death, is one of the gentlest gods in the pantheon—easing the transition between life and death for billions of mortals. But he has faced eternity alone. After breaking his heart on the sharp words of a fisherman’s son, he hasn’t been able to connect with anyone. 

Now, Lach is crashing back into Thanatos’s life, dragging him into an adventure that could save the world . . . or kill them both. 

PATRON OF MERCY IS THE THIRD BOOK IN A SERIES, BUT CAN BE READ AS A STAND ALONE NOVEL.

REVIEW:

I’m so in love with this series. I have always loved everything about Greece and Greek gods and the history of it all. I wish to travel there one day. It’s an absolute dream. I love to see people’s interpretations of the gods and how they make them turn out and I love how this has turned. It’s very accurate with how a lot of the gods are written as so I was happy to see that it was quite accurate. 

This is one of those stories though, that kind of breaks your heart. Thanatos, the god of death, has a lonely life. He has his brother, whom he’s fairly close too, but who wants anything to do with death. Then he thought he found someone who did. He goes by Lach now. But then he was a different man. Greedy, selfish, and completely hurting Thanatos in a way he never really came back from. And while I understood Thanatos’s pain, I also got how Lach felt. He was suddenly immortal, and though he had been with Thanatos for a bit, he was still terrified. He said hurtful things to him in order to hurt him to make it easier for him to leave. And then spent millennia regretting it. Now Lach needs his help, and he’s prepared for the fact that Thanatos will want nothing to do with him and that wrath will rain down on his head. As much as Thanatos wants to, he can’t deny he still loves Lach. But he is very leery of him and doesn’t trust him. He agrees to the trip Lach needs to save the world, but after that, he just wants to go away from him. But the more time they spend together, the more the old feelings come back. And many new ones. Lach has really changed. But by the time they get back on even footing and start over again, Lach is kidnapped by cultists who want to sacrifice him. And Thanatos may not make it in time to save him.

I got tickled in one part of this book about a bobble headed reaper appearing in Lach’s boat. Everyone thinks the reaper/god of death as soon and home, holding a scythe, and wearing a hooded cape. So far from the truth. But it was funny. And for Thanatos, he needed a laugh. His job as a god is not an easy one. Constant death, in and out, day after day. And no one wants anything to do with him because of it. They fear him. When in reality, he’s a big teddy bear. He just has a job to do. And most of the time, it’s peaceful. Or he tries to make it that way. Because of that I wanted to smack Lach. Thanatos’s heart is so fragile and because of fears, Lach trampled all over it.

Like I said, I get why. The reality of immortality and yet still human is daunting, scary. The changes that were happening in his life. He felt he needed to run and be free. He just didn’t think it through. Loneliness ate at him daily, and guilt for what he’s done. It’s a tough situation.

But oh what a book. I love the history in this book as well. The places they travelled to. The history behind the places. It just made my day. I’m glad I got a chance to read these. You should too.

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